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On an early Sunday evening, people of the small town are reading lottery results that are hung on a board. Young man Karel Antos is annoyed that his lottery-ticket missed the main prize, a car, by only one number. Karel is going to the pub to drink away his bad luck with his friend Jirka Broz. The old accountant auditor Zelinka drops a wallet. Karel picks it up and before he gives it back he notices the winning lottery-ticket in it. Both young men accompany the old drunk man. Karel steals the ticket and exchanges it with his own. Next day, Zelinka is found dead. Investigators, Captain Tuma and the Lieutenant Líbal, soon discover that this is a murder case covered up as an accident.
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On an early Sunday evening, people of the small town are reading lottery results that are hung on a board. Young man Karel Antos is annoyed that his lottery-ticket missed the main prize, a car, by only one number. Karel is going to the pub to drink away his bad luck with his friend Jirka Broz. The old accountant auditor Zelinka drops a wallet. Karel picks it up and before he gives it back he notices the winning lottery-ticket in it. Both young men accompany the old drunk man. Karel steals the ticket and exchanges it with his own. Next day, Zelinka is found dead. Investigators, Captain Tuma and the Lieutenant Líbal, soon discover that this is a murder case covered up as an accident.
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Genre:Crime
Written By:Karel Cop, Miloš Velínský
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Runtime:92 minutes
Studio:Filmové studio Barrandov
Cast
Vladimír Čech
Director
Karel Höger
kapitán VB Miloš Tůma
Josef Bek
nadporučík VB František Líbal
Otto Lackovič
technical officer Karel Antos
Josef Vinklář
Jirka
Vladimír Menšík
Emperor Josef Neumann, called Kici
František Vnouček
Alfred Batysta, hotel manager
Eva Kubešová
Sergeant VB Jindriska Hurková
Miloš Vavruška
laboratory assistant VB Lieutenant Kalenda
Dagmar Zikánová
saleswoman from the buffet Majka Válková
Eduard Kohout
Auditor Ferdinand Zelinka
Jana Štěpánková
Eva, Zelinka's daughter
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